racer
Americannoun
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a person, animal, or machine that races
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a turntable used to traverse a heavy gun
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any of several long slender nonvenomous North American snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber and related genera, such as C. lateralis ( striped racer )
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"I don't know if we'll ever drive IndyCars around the nation's capital again, so the fact we're doing it is a spectacle," US racer Josef Newgarden said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
His 1928 Miller Special was driven by Leon Duray, who changed his name from George Stewart to honor Belgian racer Arthur Duray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Frozen Planet II also pioneered the use of racer drones, which captured the terrifying experience of flying down a mountainside alongside an avalanche.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Mary Jackson could see the air moving around the racer just as clearly as if she were looking at a Schlieren photograph taken in a wind tunnel.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Like many top drag racers, Callin is from a racing family.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Postal outfit who has spent his apres-racing career trying to improve the sport’s reputation and make it possible for racers to ride clean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The inaugural marathon under Burke’s stewardship took place in 1986, and 11,000 racers toed the starting line, nearly half the size of the long-running and world-famous New York City Marathon that same year.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Trains went cross-country in four days, nearly six times as fast as the racers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
A giant screen showed motorcycle racers coming straight at you.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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